Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family Group:

Three: Private A. W. Gallantree, West Yorkshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 11 March 1915
1914 Star (9503 Pte. A. W. Gallantree. 2/W. York: R.); British War and Victory Medals (9503. Pte. A. W. Gallantree. W. York. R.) very fine

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, N.W. Persia (4737070 Pte. F. Gallantree. Y. & L.R.) minor edge bruise, good very fine (4) £120-£160

Arthur William Gallantree was born in Leeds in 1894 and attested for the West Yorkshire Regiment at York. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 5 November 1914, and was killed in action on 11 March 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, France.

Sold with a postcard photograph of the recipient, housed in an oval frame.